Lollipop

Lollipop

Blueprint Description

What do you get when you cross a ping-pong ball, metal nuts, and a milkshake straw? A Minute To Win It game worth a quarter million dollars! In this challenge, the contestant must carefully lower a stack of three nuts and a ping-pong ball onto an upright straw, so that the ball remains on top while the nuts slide to the table. One, two, three times, will lick this lollipop.

Game Description:

Contestant must lower a stack of three nuts and a ping-pong ball onto an upright straw and slide the nuts down to the table without knocking the ball off the straw.

NBC: Stand a milkshake straw on a table, then lift a stack of 3 nuts with a ping-pong ball on top of it and lower it onto the straw with the ping-pong ball staying on top of the straw and the nuts on the table around the base of the straw.

History

This is a level 8 christmas challenge.

Household Items:

• 15 Hardware Nuts
• "Stations"(Tables/Podiums)
• 5 ping-pong balls
• 5 Milkshake straws(metal tubes)

Set Up:

Josh tries to make a Lollipop.

Prior to game start, create "stations" by placing a ping-pong ball onto each stack of 3 nuts next to milkshake straws. When the clock starts, contestant may grab a straw and begin standing it up. Once the straw is standing upright contestant may grab a set of nuts and begin to lower it over the standing straw.

Rules:

1. Contestant may only use one designated hand for the entire game.

2. Nuts must remain together in the stack.

3. Once the ping-pong ball rests on the straw with the nuts surrounding the base of the straw at the bottom, contestant may move to the next station.

4. If the ball falls at any time, that station is out of play and contestant must move to the next station.

5. To complete the game, contestant must successfully lower nut stacks over the designated number of straws resulting in a ping-pong ball resting on the tops of the straws within the 60-second time limit and each ball must remain that way for 3 seconds.

Tips & Tricks

This game is ridiculously difficult to complete even without the time pressure, so close that, like Chop Stack before it, it went unbeaten.

• Use your fingers to hold the ping-pong ball in place while you lower the stack of nuts. This will help keep the ball from falling off while you are lowering the nuts.
  • Hold the stack of nuts with your fingertips, rather than your palm, to give you greater control over the movement of the nuts.
  • Use your fingers to gently guide the nuts down the sides of the metal tube as you lower the stack. This can help keep the nuts from hitting the tube and knocking the ping-pong ball off.
  • If you feel the nuts getting close to the end of the tube, use your fingers to gently guide the nuts to the end of the tube and onto the table.
  • As you lower the stack, use your fingers to gently keep the ping-pong ball balanced on top of the stack. You may need to adjust your grip on the stack or use your fingers to gently push the ball back into place if it starts to tilt or fall off.
    • Aim for a grip that is firm but not too tight, and that allows you to control the movement of the stack as you lower it.
    • If your grip on the nuts is too tight, it may be difficult to lower the stack of nuts onto the metal tube smoothly. This can cause the nuts to hit the metal tube as you lower the stack, which could knock the ping-pong ball off the top of the stack.
    • If your grip on the nuts is too loose, the stack may become unstable as you lower it, which could also cause the nuts to hit the metal tube and knock the ping-pong ball off the top of the stack.
  • Finally, If the ball starts to tilt or fall off, you may need to adjust your grip on the stack. For example, you could try slightly squeezing the stack together with your fingers to help keep the ball in place or by applying gentle pressure to the top and bottom of the stack.
    • If the ball continues to tilt or fall off despite your efforts to balance it, you may need to use your fingers to gently push the ball back into place. This can be done by using your fingertips to gently push the ball back into the center of the stack. Be careful not to push too hard or the ball may fall off the other side of the stack.

• Try tilting the metal tube slightly as you lower the stack of nuts. This can help keep the ping-pong ball balanced on top of the tube.
• Take your time and be careful as you lower the stack of nuts. Moving too quickly or making sudden movements could cause the ping-pong ball to fall off.